Partick Thistle pegged back by Falkirk after ref ejects Harkins

Two proud clubs, with diehard, if dwindling, supports and aspirations to be back in the Premiership, but instead left contemplating the relative oblivion of League One after poor Championship campaigns so far.

Both Partick Thistle and Falkirk hope 2019 will bring improvement under Gary Caldwell and Ray McKinnon respectively and with squads they’re busy revamping in the winter transfer window. Yet this draw did not really work for either party, as Alloa, who they’re both pursuing, won at home to Morton to pull further away from them.

Blair Spittal’s goal on the hour, one he finished well after Gary Penrice crossed from the left, was cancelled out when Zak Rudden bundled the ball in with 15 minutes remaining after Ciaran McKenna’s initial header was only…

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